Phyllis Ketring In May, Health Night Out will feature its regularly scheduled speaker provided that MountainView is open for meetings at that time. Janis Bottai, owner of Vital Moves, is a functional aging specialist who served as the fitness coordinator of the SaddleBrooke One fitness center from 1993-1996. Over the years of working with clients,…
Some Good News—Your Donations at Work Beth Conquest Even though the pet food drive we had planned for the Pets in Need Action League (P.I.N.A.L.) was cancelled due to COVID-19, SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network still was able to contribute to this worthy organization. With the pet food donations we received from our April monthly pick-up, we…
Esta Goldstein Yes, this is a very difficult time in our community, nation, and world due to the coronavirus spreading itself through our lives in every way possible. It is making our health needs more difficult to maintain and the jobs of our health workers more difficult. We who are the caregivers to our neurologically…
Stuart Watkins One evening, the cacti and trees in SaddleBrooke decided it might be fun to try and capture Mr. Moon. Mr. Moon seemed to smile down at them every night as though laughing because the cacti and trees could not circle around earth as he could. So, the tree bragged that with all his…
Cheri Emahiser He’s still singing with the SaddleBrooke Singers, but Jay Hansen is stepping down as president. Just six months after he joined the singers 3.5 years ago, Jay was voted into office and during his tenure proved to have excellent leadership skills. We singers appreciate the hours Jay spent completing his duties and applaud…
Auditions Postponed Until September, but the Show Will Go On! Shawne Cryderman They say that in live theatre you have to be prepared for the unexpected. Well, no one expected the closure of SaddleBrooke TWO facilities, the six-foot social distance rule, and the stay at home government mandate. As a result, the auditions for An Evening…
Living Smart Technology Seminars Suzanne Marlatt-Stewart In a world of forever changing technology, how can seniors keep up? Most of us did not even grow up with access to a computer. Yet our participation in the future is directly proportional to our ability to understand, adopt, and integrate new technology. Easy to say, but for…
Ann Vernon Ann and Nile Vernon and Steve Liakos hosted a Latin American dinner as a live auction item for the Oracle School Foundation Gala. Nile, a former university Spanish professor who has spent a lot of time in various Latin American countries, wanted to dispel the myth that Latin American food is like Mexican…
Carole Hays The SaddleBrooke Squares celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on March 12 at the MountainView ballroom with guest caller Craig Abercrombie. Craig, a national square dance caller, came down from Oregon to call for the Square Dance Club. During the first hour, everyone danced mainstream, and then the club’s plus dancers took over the dance…
Terese Butler On Saturday, March 2, the SaddleBrooke Swim Club held their fifth annual Intrasquad Swim Meet at the DesertView Pool. To the delight of all the participants and volunteers, after a week of cold weather, the day dawned bright and sunny. The team was divided into two squads, Willer’s Killer Whales and Jim’s Desert Sharks, who…